On the afternoon of Wednesday 26 November 2025, the MATLAB Special Interest Group held a re-launch event. Featuring keynote presentations by our new Chair, Dagmar Fraser from Psychology, MathWorks and UoB researchers. This session gave researchers the opportunity to hear more about the disparate use cases of MATLAB across the University, in the hopes of … Continue reading “MATLAB Special Interest Group reboot”
Month: December 2025
Team of undergraduate students wins national computing challenge!
We were so thrilled to hear that team ‘Beariables’ have won the national supercomputing challenge at Computing Insight UK (CIUK2025)! The team of undergraduate students from the University of Birmingham are studying for degrees in the School of Physics & Astronomy, and the School of Computer Science, and competed against 16 other teams from institutions … Continue reading “Team of undergraduate students wins national computing challenge!”
November 2025 BEAR Newsletter
Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) Newsletter This month, we enjoyed meeting and speaking to over 200 staff members at the Staff Benefits Fair about the various BEAR services available, welcome to those who have joined our mailing list! November’s newsletter looks a little different as we’ve added some sections to help with navigation, do let us know if you have … Continue reading “November 2025 BEAR Newsletter”
Modelling accelerator-based neutron sources using the BlueBEAR cluster
In this case study we hear from Louis Butt, a doctoral researcher from Metallurgy and Materials, who has been using BlueBEAR to research accelerator-based neutron sources. I am a PhD student researching accelerator-based neutron sources in the School of Metallurgy and Materials. My work involves taking measurements with our source at the University’s MC40 Cyclotron … Continue reading “Modelling accelerator-based neutron sources using the BlueBEAR cluster”